RSA Security uses phones as security token. (Business).

RCR Wireless News, September, 2002

BEDFORD, Mass.--RSA Security, a company that has been delivering two-factor authentication security solutions to consumers since the 1980s, has jumped into the mobile space by replacing the small security devices it offers with end users' own mobile phones.

RSA Security's two-factor authentication is based on two passwords that together enable access to secure information. A consumer is assigned both a personal identification number (PIN) and is given a SecurID token, a small device that randomly displays a new access code every minute. Because the tokens' codes change frequently and randomly, the user's information is highly protected. However, according to RSA, distributing the token to the end user can be inconvenient and costly for all parties.

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